Are You Insane?

The last time we talked to Zach Galifianakis, he spent a Saturday afternoon with us in a bar in Brooklyn. And he biked there. But that was before The Hangover, before he went from cult hero to the biggest comedy star this side of Will Ferrell, and before people could spell his name without help from Google. So instead of bar stools, this time we sat on the plush patrician couches of the Waldorf. And instead of covering his many projects — the second season of HBO's Bored to Death (starting Sunday); the very funny, Todd-Philips-directed Due Date (opening November 5); and the new It's Kind of a Funny Story (out October 8), to which his charming mental patient adds a welcome bright spot — this time we went kinda Rorschach. We'd heard that in preparation for A Funny Story, Galifianakis hung out with actual mental patients, which, as far as we're concerned, makes him an expert in mental health. So without telling him who, exactly, we were talking about, Esquire.com presented the following case studies.... —Peter Martin

Case No. 1

SYMPTOMS: Even though your new boyfriend recently cheated on his ex-wife with a Nazi sympathizer, you decide to go public with your relationship when you start dating him shortly thereafter.

THE GALIFIANAKIS DIAGNOSIS: That's just desperate, right? I'm going to have to just say bad judgment, leaning toward insane.

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